Utensil spout



Ogt. 1, 1940. v. A. BRADFORD UTENS IL SPOUT Filed Aug. 1, 1939 VirzgiZ A. Bradfard ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 1, 1940 v UNITED STATES P UTENSIL SPOUT Virgil A. Bradford, Columbus, Ohio Application August 1, 1939, Serial No. 287,797

1 Claim. (Cl. 53--3) This invention relates to a utensil spout and Formed with the body A is a pouring spout 6 more especially to a pouring spout and a closure and this body at the location of said spout is therefor to be used with cooking utensils or perforated at l to effect a strainer at the area vessels. where the interior of the body A and the said 5 The primary object of the invention is the prospout communicate with each other. The spout vision of a spout of this character wherein the 6 at its uppermost portion has the edging thereof same when employed upon a coffee or tea pot will slightly upwardly arched as at 8 and contacting serve to retain heat therein and exclude cool air with this edge is a closure 9 preferably made from from entering through the spout, the latter being sheet metal and shaped correspondingly to the 10 closed inanovel manner. shape of the uppermost portion of the spout 5 10 Another object of the invention is the provision being upwardly arched in conformity with the of a spout of this character wherein the closure uppermost edging of the said spout to rest upon therefor is hinged for opening and closing movethis edging and seal or close the spout from outments in a novel manner so that it can be reside temperatures.

TENT QFFECE leased when the occasion requires, particularly if The closure 9 is vertically swingable for open- 15 the vessel and spout therefor require careful and ing and closing thereof and engaged through thorough cleaning for sanitary purposes. spaced apertures it provided in said closure is a A further object of the invention is the provinormally inverted substantially U-shaped hingsion of a spout of this character which is simple ing pintle l l the closed end being in bridging rein its construction, thoroughly reliable and efieclation to the closure 9 while the ends of this 20 tive in its association with the closure therefor, ,member H are hooked as at 12 through the perstrong, and inexpensive to manufacture. forations '2 creating a strainer between the body With these and other objects in View, the in- A and the spout 5 so that in this manner the vention consists in the features of construction, closure 9 is hinged for Vertical Sw ove combination and arrangement of parts as will be m t a d th ou v y beCOmeS Seated p 25 hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in he upp rm s p r i of the p t 6 f h the accompanying drawing, which discloses the closing thereof to retain heat within the body A preferred and modified forms of embodiment of and exclude cool air from without said body from, the invention and pointed out in the claim here- P s e through e $130111? 6 t eo unto appended. The closure 9 is readily detached from the 30 In the accompanying drawing: hooked engagement l2 with the body 8 as should Figure l is a perspective view of the coffeepot be apparent from the disclosure in Figure 2 of the showing the spout and the closure therefor condrawing.

structed in accordance with the invention in as- What is claimed is: sociation with said pot; A spout cover for a pot having its spout open 35 Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line throughout the top thereof, comprising a plate- 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the like body shaped correspondingly to the open top arrows; of said spout'arid adapted for seating upon the Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken edge of the latter at the open top, said body being on the line 33 of Figure 2 looking in the direcformed with spaced apertures next to the inner- 40 40 tion of the arrows; most end thereof, and an inverted substantially Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line U-shaped hinging pintle having the intermediate 4--d of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the portion thereof bridging the body between the arrows. apertures and limbs of said pintle carried through Similar reference characters indicate correthe apertures and turned inwardly through the sponding parts throughout the several views in pot within said spout to the interior of the said 45 the drawing. pot and thence upwardly therein for separable Referring 0 e drawing in deta l A designates Dintle hinging of the body with relation to said generally a portion of the body of a vessel conspout. taining liquid, particularly the body of a coffee or VIRGIL A. BRADFORD. 00 tea pot, being closed at its open top by a removable lid or cover 5 as usual. 

